Margie Wright-McGowan

Margie Wright-McGowan

Margie Wright-McGowan is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Clearstead, where she supports the firm’s people strategy, organizational development, and enterprise-wide transformation initiatives. She has been working in the human resources and strategy field since 1997, joined Clearstead in 2025, as a shareholder.

Margie brings expertise in human capital strategy and organizational development. Before joining Clearstead, she worked as Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Human Resources Officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland, and held leadership roles at Vitamix Corporation, Siemens Healthcare, and Dade Behring. Throughout Margie’s career, she has led initiatives to align people strategy with business goals and foster resilient, high-performing cultures.

Margie obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Ohio University and attended executive programs at Yale University and the University of Michigan. She currently serves as an executive board member of Lakewood Catholic Academy, is a past board member of Ohio Excel and Saint Joseph Academy and is a Member of the University of Akron HR Leadership Advisory Board.